Occitan, ProvenÃ§al, Catalan

It's a phonetic transcription of an Occitan dialect to make it look impossible. It's speaks of the "patuè" or "patois", which is a way the French have to refer to great languages that aren't official in their territories. The intention is clearly negative.

ger·man2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jûrmn)
adj.
Having the same parents or the same grandparents on either the mother's or the father's side. Often used in combination: a cousin-german; a brother-german.

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[Middle English germain, from Old French, from Latin germnus, from germen, offshoot. See gen- in Indo-European Roots.]

Ger·man ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jûrmn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people.
Of or relating to the German language.

n.

A native or inhabitant of Germany.
A person of German ancestry.
Any of the West Germanic languages and dialects spoken or originating in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, especially standard High German.

I understood. In a Latin language you would find the word germanus like this:

germanus 1:

germanus 2:

Because they have a different origin.

nicMonday, September 06, 2004, 10:58 GMT

In french when we speak about someone who's form Germany we say "un allemand", when we speak about a cousin (example the son of my father's sister) we say "un cousin germain" if it's a girl it will be "une cousine germaine".

We never say les "germanis" we all the time use the word "les allemands", if i remember well my spanish courses spanish use a similar term.